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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHCLTech, based in India, notified state officials in a letter dated Feb. 17 that it was cutting 98 jobs at \u201ca client worksite\u201d in the city. According to the letter, which was sent by HCL America to meet federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requirements, the site is at 1200 Bartow Road, building 302.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company does not name the client, and a spokesperson did not respond to a request for commenton Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the address for the \u201cclient worksite\u201d matches that of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp., which\u00a0in August. announced it was laying off 136 employees. In a similar WARN letter, it wrote that it was \u201ctransitioning certain responsibilities to two third-party vendors\u201d as part of a new operating model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the vendors was HCL, and the other was IBM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HCL, in its Feb. 17 letter, says that the layoffs will begin April 20 and last through Nov. 15, with two service delivery leads staying on until next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for those being laid off, the company says in the letter that they will be considered for other jobs in the company or with clients based on their expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HCLTech employs 226,300 people across 60 countries, according to a press release issued Feb. 17, the same day the WARN notice was sent, announcing it had been named to Forbes Canada\u2019s Best Employers list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the release, the company provides AI, digital, engineering, cloud, and software services to industries including financial services, manufacturing, life sciences, and health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its total revenue for the 12 months ending in December was $14.5 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The HCLTech news comes about eight days after DHL Supply Chain announced it was shutting down a local distribution center and cutting 203 jobs starting in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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